- ego death
Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death
Ayn Rand, The Objectivist (February 1971)- For death looms, and the real government must freeze the hippie to save our world.
Frederick’s death mask.gif- He suffered a heart attack in his friend S. Rasnics’ swimming pool in 1963 and died on Bainbridge Island, Washington, aged 55. The pool was later filled in and is now a zen rock garden, which can be viewed by the public at the Bloedel Reserve, a 150-acre (60 hectare) former private estate. There is no marker to indicate that the rock garden was the site of Roethke’s death.
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
VoltaireI used to measure the heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. Although my mind was heaven-bound, the shadow of my body lies here.
Johannes KeplerI would rather die of passion than of boredom.
Émile ZolaI, George Carlin, being of sound mind, do not wish, upon my demise, to be buried or cremated. I wish to be BLOWN UP.
George Carlin, Last Words (2009)il cessa de calculer et de vivre— … he ceased to calculate and to live.
Marquis de Condorcet on the death of Euler- In 1980, Hayworth was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, which contributed to her death in 1987 at age 68. The public disclosure and discussion of her illness drew attention to Alzheimer’s, and helped to increase public and private funding for research into the disease.
- In 1996, a 32-year-old man knocked out a window in the 30th floor of the IDS Center and jumped to his death.
- In ancient times, the constellation [Lupus] was considered an asterism within Centaurus, and was considered to have been an arbitrary animal, killed, or about to be killed, on behalf of, or for, Centaurus.
- In the early morning of Christmas Day 1977, Chaplin died at home after having a stroke in his sleep.
- Incidentally, for most of history, you will be dead.
- June 18 – Titan submersible implosion: All five crew members of Titan, a deep-sea submersible exploring the wreck of the Titanic, are killed following a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.
- Lovelace died at the age of 36 on 27 November 1852, from uterine cancer.
Men were singing the praises of Justice. “Not so loud,” said an angel; “if you wake her she will put you all to death.”
Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1911)- Mort
- Newton died in his sleep in London on 20 March 1727 (OS 20 March 1726; NS 31 March 1727).
No Yuppies Allowed!- On 17 October, after midnight, the physician leaned over him and asked whether he was suffering greatly. “No longer”, he replied. He died a few minutes before 2 a.m. He was 39.
- On July 3, 1971, Morrison was found dead in the bathtub of the apartment at approximately 6:00 a.m. by Courson. He was 27 years old.
R.I.P., you, eventually :-(- Reaper Man
Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, “Where’s my clean socks?”, no-one answers.
Terry Pratchett, EricWhat a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?
Romans 7:24 NIV- She died on Sunday, 10 January 1971, at the Hotel Ritz, where she had resided for more than 30 years.
- Shoreview made national headlines in September 1971 when a television tower on the site of the current Telefarm Towers collapsed during construction, killing seven workers.
Some part of life – perhaps the most important part – must be left to the spontaneous action of individual impulse, for where all is system there will be mental and spiritual death.
Bertrand RussellSwift death awaits the first cow that leads a revolt against milking
Swedish Professor Peder Bjornsen, Sinister Barrier- Tansy has also been used as insect repellent and in embalming. It was packed into coffins, wrapped in funeral winding sheets, and tansy wreaths were sometimes placed on the dead.
- Tarkovsky died in Paris on 29 December 1986.
Teddy bear deadTell them I’ve had a wonderful life.
Ludwig Wittgenstein- The Egg (galactanet.com)
You were on your way home when you died.
- The Lopingian ended with the Permian–Triassic extinction event, where over 95% of species went extinct.
There is nothing to forgive, I die for you with joy in my heart!
Last words of Hans Hermann von Katte to Frederick the Great- Timeline of the far future (Wikipedia)
While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, present understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of some far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include astrophysics, which studies how planets and stars form, interact, and die; particle physics, which has revealed how matter behaves at the smallest scales; evolutionary biology, which studies how life evolves over time; plate tectonics, which shows how continents shift over millennia; and sociology, which examines how human societies and cultures evolve.
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go
- Tyburn Tree
- Wilde died of meningitis on 30 November 1900.
You see, this is how you die.
Coco Chanel, last words before her death- you’ve been dead for billions of years
- Zola died on 29 September 1902 of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an improperly ventilated chimney.